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| ====== Free Software ====== | ====== Free and Open Source Software ====== |
| Software is more consumer-friendly when it has a [[wp>free and open-source software]] license (not to be confused with [[wp>freeware]]). | Software is more consumer-friendly when it has a [[wp>free and open-source software]] license (not to be confused with [[wp>freeware]]). |
| This is because the code is freely available to audit by anyone knowledgeable, | This is because the code is freely available to audit by anyone knowledgeable, |
| as well as create their own [[wp>fork (software)|fork]] if | as well as create their own [[wp>fork (software)|fork]] if |
| they want to modify the original program. | they want to modify the original software. |
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| **Benefits of free and open source software over proprietary software:** | **Benefits of free and open source software over proprietary software:** |
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| ==== Web Browsing ==== | ==== Web Browsing ==== |
| * [[https://brave.com/|Brave]] is a web browser with many built-in features such as ad-block, enhanced privacy, device sync, and more. | * [[https://brave.com/|Brave]], a web browser with many built-in features such as ad-block, enhanced privacy, device sync, and more. |
| * [[https://freetubeapp.io/|FreeTube]] is a privacy-oriented YouTube browser that allows you to download audio and videos as well as keep locally-saved playlists and subscriptions without depending on YouTube's mercy for your account. | * [[https://freetubeapp.io/|FreeTube]], a privacy-oriented YouTube browser that allows you to download audio and videos as well as keep locally-saved playlists and subscriptions without depending on YouTube's mercy for your account. |
| | * [[https://zen-browser.app/|Zen Browser]], a firefox-based browser with a focus on simple, secure, customizable experience. |
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| ==== Audio ==== | ==== Audio ==== |
| * [[https://handbrake.fr/|Handbrake]] is a transcoder for digital video files. | * [[https://handbrake.fr/|Handbrake]] is a transcoder for digital video files. |
| * [[https://lbry.com/|LBRY]] is a video platform that uses [[wp>blockchain|blockchain technology]]. It is impossible for videos to be taken down, making this a proper alternative to YouTube censorship. The web [[wp>Front-end (computing)|front-end]] is [[https://odysee.com/|Odysee]]. | * [[https://lbry.com/|LBRY]] is a video platform that uses [[wp>blockchain|blockchain technology]]. It is impossible for videos to be taken down, making this a proper alternative to YouTube censorship. The web [[wp>Front-end (computing)|front-end]] is [[https://odysee.com/|Odysee]]. |
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| | ==== Note-taking ==== |
| | * [[https://logseq.com/|Logseq]], a markdown block-based note-taking app that encourages daily entries and linking between pages. Also has task management, PDF annotations, flashcards, and whiteboards. |
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| ==== Security ==== | ==== Security ==== |
| * [[https://keepassxc.org/|KeePassXC]] is a password manager that saves your passwords on a local encrypted database. The benefit of this is that you can generate [[wp>brute-force attack|brute-force-attack-resistant]] passwords for each site without having to memorize it. So if one site gets [[wp>data breach|breached]], your password can't be [[wp>password cracking|cracked]] and used to login to all your other accounts on other websites. | * [[https://keepassxc.org/|KeePassXC]] is a password manager that saves your passwords on a local encrypted database. The benefit of this is that you can generate [[wp>brute-force attack|brute-force-attack-resistant]] passwords for each site without having to memorize it. So if one site gets [[wp>data breach|breached]], your password can't be [[wp>password cracking|cracked]] and used to login to all your other accounts on other websites. |
| * [[https://github.com/sandboxie-plus/Sandboxie#sandboxie-plus--classic|Sandboxie]] isolates programs so they don't access more parts of your system than they need to. This is good for limiting [[wp>attack surface|attack surfaces]] as well as [[wp>privacy-invasive software|privacy invasion]] of certain proprietary programs. | * [[https://github.com/sandboxie-plus/Sandboxie#sandboxie-plus--classic|Sandboxie]] isolates programs so they don't access more parts of your system than they need to. This is good for limiting [[wp>attack surface|attack surfaces]] as well as the [[wp>privacy-invasive software|privacy invasion]] of certain proprietary programs. |
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| ==== Operating Systems ==== | ==== Operating Systems ==== |
| * [[https://linuxmint.com/|Linux Mint]] is a user-friendly linux distribution based on [[wp>Ubuntu]]. | * [[https://linuxmint.com/|Linux Mint]], a user-friendly Linux distribution based on [[wp>Ubuntu]]. |
| * [[https://grapheneos.org/|GrapheneOS]] is an android-based, privacy-hardened operating system for Pixel phones that is easy to install. | * [[https://grapheneos.org/|GrapheneOS]], an android-based, privacy-hardened operating system for Pixel phones that is easy to install. |
| * [[https://archlinux.org/|Arch Linux]] is a linux distribution with a focus on simplicity for developers. This also makes it more simple for non-developer [[wp>power users]]. | * [[https://archlinux.org/|Arch Linux]], a Linux distribution with a focus on simplicity for developers. This also makes it more simple for non-developer [[wp>power users]]. |
| | * [[https://fedoraproject.org/|Fedora Linux]], a Linux distribution with a focus on out-of-the-box experience, security, and bleeding-edge updates. |
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| ==== Games ==== | ==== Games ==== |
| * [[https://cataclysmdda.org/|Cataclysm: Dark Days Ahead]] is a survival horror [[wp>roguelike]]. | * [[https://cataclysmdda.org/|Cataclysm: Dark Days Ahead]], a survival horror [[wp>roguelike]]. |
| * [[https://mindustrygame.github.io/|Mindustry]] is a [[wp>factorio]]-like [[wp>tower defense]] for desktop and mobile. | * [[https://mindustrygame.github.io/|Mindustry]], a [[wp>factorio]]-like [[wp>tower defense]] for desktop and mobile. |
| * [[https://www.openttd.org/|OpenTTD]] is a [[wp>transport tycoon]] recreation. | * [[https://www.openttd.org/|OpenTTD]], a [[wp>transport tycoon]] recreation. |
| * [[https://github.com/yairm210/Unciv#unciv---civ-v-remake-for-android--desktop|Unciv]] is a 2D recreation of [[wp>Civilization V]] for desktop and Android. | * [[https://github.com/yairm210/Unciv#unciv---civ-v-remake-for-android--desktop|Unciv]], a 2D recreation of [[wp>Civilization V]] for desktop and Android. |
| | * [[https://spacestation14.com/|Space Station 14]], a multiplayer role-playing disaster simulator with incredible depth in technical mechanics. |